WHAT WE'RE ALL ABOUT

We act as a liaison between key international actors, industry, the entrepreneurial ecosystem, organizations and institutions — bringing to the forefront of the public agenda developments in the digital realm vital for society’s long-term development. We envision and build a future where Romanian businesses and citizens fully benefit from the digital age, and we believe that digital communities can shape Romania into a country where next generations will choose to stay.

Through everything we do, we inject innovation into organizations’ initiatives, changing organizational culture and catalyzing advances in cyber-physical systems while upholding humans’ role at the center of the new digital society. We value innovation and creativity; we bolster efficiency; we develop knowledge and expertise; we spur growth, capability, inclusivity, possibility.

We’re into smart factories, cloud/analytics, big data, and artificial intelligence; 5G; the internet of things; robotics; and cyber security. We prioritize fields where Romania has a competitive advantage, and we work to consolidate excellence poles that can position Romania as a European leader in the Digital Single Market, maintaining a strategic dialogue with key decision-makers in Romania, Europe and the U.S.

The crew

Dan is a former State Counselor in Prime Minister Dacian Ciolos's team, responsible with IT, innovation, and cybersecurity. He is a graduate of Columbia University and George Washington University.

Dan Nechita

President

Diana is a former Counselor in the Prime-minister's Chancellery and part of the GovITHub and Industry 4.0 Forum teams. She graduated Université Catholique de Louvain and the Bucharest University of Architecture.

Diana Popp

Vicepresident

Tudor is a former Counselor in the Prime-minister's Chancellery and part of the GovITHub and Industry 4.0 Forum teams. He graduated York University (Canada) and Umea University (Sweden).

Tudor Oprea

Vicepresident

Raluca is a Social Media and Communications Specialist working in the past ten years for press institutions, companies and NGOs. She graduated Journalism and Communication Sciences from the Bucharest University.

Raluca Petrescu

Communications Director

Ionut holds a BSc in Computer Science from Al. I. Cuza in Iasi, a Masters in Project Management from SNSPA Bucharest, and a Masters in IT Management from Solvay University in Brussels. Ionut worked in the GovITHub programme within the Romanian Prime Minister's Chancellery . For the last 7 years he has been working with European Institutions in the field of IT. He is currently an IT Project Officer within DG HR, working with advanced data analytics and machine learning to answer important HR questions and enable top management decision making.

Ionut Aionitoaei

Chief Information Officer

Diana used to work as a Project Manager at UNESCO Romania and to develop various projects on Hi-Tech and Cybersecurity for different organizations, now being located in Frankfurt, Germany working as trade fairs and congresses organizer on topics such as smart mobility, smart cities, digitalization and robotics. Her main focus markets are Europe and UAE.

Diana Arhir

Director of International Relations

Eric, the founder of the Danube Youth Alliance, is currently studying Business Law at the University of Economics in Vienna. He is also developing a start-up that focuses on creating a social media for restaurants and on digitizing reservations.

Our Partners

The British Romanian Chamber of Commerce is the premier business-led organisation promoting bilateral trade and investment between the United Kingdom and Romania.

UrbanizeHub is for dreamers who want to come up with ideas and put them into practice to live in a better world. It is for intelligent people who think in an unconventional way and believe in the future of sustainable urban development and technology.

At Tree, we see the internet as a super-conducting medium of communication and collaboration. Fluidizing relationships between companies and customers, between suppliers and beneficiaries, between citizens and public authorities or non-governmental organizations.

Romanian Design Council is a non-profit organization of designers, academia and government members focused on innovation for the future growth and development of Romania.

For the first time in Romania, national security institutions are launching a national innovation competition aiming to better prepare national security for future challenges by attracting Romanian innovation resources: PatriotFest.

IAB Romania is the online marketing and advertising industry association in Romania. Founded in 2006, it is now bringing together advertisers, media experts, local publishers, and service companies dedicated to the online advertising industry.

Eloquentix is a development studio with offices in Durham, Washington D.C., New York City and Bucharest. We don't believe in being tied to one platform or language. Our philosophy is to create the perfect solution for the job at hand.

“FreshBlood” is a project that is focused on improving healthcare through technology, a program supporting those with ideas in this field, by providing feedback, support, mentorship and exposure.

DefCamp is the most important annual conference on Hacking &amp; Information Security in Central Eastern Europe that brings together the world’s leading cyber security doers to share latest researches and knowledge.

Creating a world-class ecosystem of Romanian IT that promotes the creativity, talent and entrepreneurial spirit of this sector in the world and applies it to the benefit of members of the ecosystem and of Romania in general.

ROTI 2017 is an international Expo-Conference for the Transport Industry, Communications, Infrastructure and Urban &amp; Rural Development.

The CCIFER offers you a diverse range of professional training, carried out in partnership with renowned trainers in Romania and France.

BRRlog is a creative community that aims to bring together people with different opinions who feel the need to express themselves through arguments and impact stories.

Smart Everything Everywhere (SEE) is an organisation that acts as a catalyst for Romania’s digital transformation.